The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1860 Page: 2 of 4
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NAVARRO EXPRESS.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMIJE'.i '2 3, mu.
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i(eul for the Navarro i xpii's .
ITilt.íboro~Witi. Y tale, Esq.
WiXAEACHie— W, W. Parks, K¡>q.
GOf. HOUSTON.
If every man, wotnan and cbild ¡n
I «xas, were to petition ine for a conven-
tion of the Legislature, I would refuse i^ Negro Equality is about to be inaugurated
Wanted to Ilire.
▲ GOOD COOK, wa<h«r and
Apply at this office.
Corsicana, Not 23 -tf
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Dr. Moiloy ha a wagon for sale.
Se« advertisement.
Let every man who possibly can;
attend the meeting to morrow. Troublesome
times are anticipated, and cool beads and
calm deliberation are necessary. Texas
"expects erery men to do bis duty.''
fpr The subscription of those who
commenced with the first number of the
Express, expired last week. Those who
do not wish to continue the paper are re-
quested 4o return this number and it will
be stopped.
JSy Attention is called to the card of
Dr. W. J. Love. It is true Dr.. Love has
recently located among us, but still be is
well known to a majority of our citizens
aa a clever gentleman and skillful physi-
cian.
. JST Subscription to the Express is
$8 50 per year in advance; $3 if paid
within six months; $3 50 if not paid
until tbe end of the year- As this is the
first number of tbe second volume, aBd a
* t .
number of subscriptions recommence now,
ail who pay within one month from this
issue will be charged only $2 50.
J3T Our clever neighbor II. C. Moss,
has our thanks for one of bis best hats, a
large assortment of which be has just re-
ceived. lie is not only id receipt of b«^
bat also a great variety of clothing, dress
goods, fancy articles, crockery, hardware,
and* tbe ladies say, tbe prettiest bonnets
that ever were seen. Go and see and be
convinced.
«"The terms for membership to tbe
Stray Horse Association and Stray Cattle
Association, is 50 ; to either one,$3 50,
and in no ¿case can any deduction be
made, tbe prfc^ftefag
ciation. The membership already embra
ces a respectable list, and is increasing
rapidly. The more members the greater
the benefit conferred. Send oh your
names to ns.
|T We return thanks to friends for
tbe liberal list of subscribers furnished us
Ihi^week. If "%ach of our patrons would
procure an additional «ubscriber, we would
aoon be able to carry out obr plan of en
larging tbe Express. Will not our friends
move in this matter I
%W We understand that * company
of ninety minute men have organized in
tbe eastern portion of Ellis countv, and
elected our old townsman, Wm. J. Stokes,
captain. Tbey barí adopted as tbeir
motto 44 Equality in the Union, or inde-
pendence oat of it." This is laudable for
Ellis. Will Stokes is the very man to
head such a company. Why cannot Na-
varro imitate tbe example f
A mother Reason Wht You Should
Subscribe ron the Express!—We are
informed that Mrs. - - , of our town,
has stated that there was "lie enough in
one copy of tbe Expr< as to make a barrel
of soap." If so, this is decidedly tbe
cheapest way of getting soap we know of,
and would advise tbe lady in question, a
well as a 11 others, to subscribe at once, a^d
Texas wiH soon be able to export soap j
PUBLIC MEETING.
Fellow Citizens :
Lincoln is elected ! and the doctrine ofj
Gov. Houston.
The above agp tbe words iwed by Gov.
Houston lately jkt Austin, as we have been
i 'nloinoed bv tbe most creditable authority.
; These remarks will probably wurprise and
j mortify Guv. Houston's friends more than
j ih y wiil his opponents and his enemies.
! We d uH' whether the mo^t retentive
i
mnuurv can wander over the pages of his-
' u>r \, and find a parallel of despotism and
tyranny, out of the prerogatives of king?
i and despots. It is almost past belief, tha
I an individual clothed by the people with
l>rit;f authority, should turn around upon
them and use his authority to gag them ;
to use his authority to defeat an expres
«ion of their wants.
The people have made constitutions and
laws, and they , have unmade them-; they
have clothed men with authority and
honored them<; tbey have stripped them
of their authority- and their honor, and
will probably continue doing so again, as
long as freedom has its advocates and lib
erty its votaries.
it is useless to say we are a free people.
Tbe tyranny and despotic will of .one man
can rule a State, saying thus far shalt thou
go and no further. It is useless to disguise
the faet that Gov. Houston is making of
himself a ludicrously bad imitation of Old
Hiclcory. It is probably not the first time
that an imitator should counterfeit the vices
wbile.be isjucapable of assuming tbe vir-
tue of a hero.
The question will soon be tried, whether
Gov. Houston's will is to prevail as the
unimpeachable and irrevocable law of this
State or not. We will soon sec, also,
who are governed by his u beck and nod;"
who they are who make him the unre-
stricted keepers of their rights; who will
bow in humble servile submission to his
will, and wish that a Black Republican
should shape the destinies of the South
and the vast interests which hang thereby
Kiug John, of England, camt* near los-
ing his crown by refusing to listen to tbe
petitions of bis fubjects. Charles tbe
First did loose his crown and bead by re
fusing petitions, while George tbe Third,
of England, lost the thirteen colonies of
America by refusing petitions and not
heeding remonstrances. It is yet to be
seen whether tbe people of Texas have a
lower appreciation of their rights than the
isuhj^ts .of a king.
in this Government. We, the undersigned,
are unwilling to submit to this infamy and
degradation, and we respectfully and e?r-
nestly call on every citizen to come forward
and let us counsel and aqt together. There
will be a meetingaof the citizens of Navar
ro county, at Corsicana, on Saturday, the
24th of November, (to-morrow) 1860
Com e all!
C. M. Winkler,
J. H. Rogers,
R. A. Van Horn,
W. R. Powers,
FREESTONE CIRCULAR.
H. C. Mo«s,
J. R. Williamson,
C. W. McCreary,
T. A- Williams,
D. G. Kerr,
R- Q. Mills,
T, G. Brooks,
Sol. Van llook,
G. S. Boynton,
F. S. Williams,
Ilenry Jones,
John Carr,
G. W. Clary,
L. C. Lockhart, .
J. H. Hayes,
J. L. Hal bel t ,
N. J. Mills,
T. S. Sweatman,
J. A. Love,
G. W. Shelton,
n. D. Garden,
W. H. Neblett,
Alex. Beaton,
L. T. Wheeler,*
J. T. Speace,
J, M. Leeteh,
G. W. Sharp,
J. T. Longino,
W. S. Boydstoa,
W. J. Love,
G. W. Noble,
W. T. Purn ell,
W. W McPhaill,
David B. Smith,
T .C. Bozier,
Wm Robertson,
Marion Martin,
Elias Carrol,
David Fort,
W S Hodge,
George WTestbrook,
W Wade,
T W Wade,
Berry Hodge,
John Burt,
N S Patterson,
Abner Simmons,
G W Brooks,
Wm Wilson,
A J Hall,
J Daniel,
RS Livingston,
J B Holcombe,
W Simpson,
A W Dunn,
Ezekiel Simpson,
ü W Powell,
Sam Simpson,
Joseph Btemsipher,
W H Morris,
C Harris,
A B Allen,
S Weil,
John Goff,
C J C Lockhart,
E. R Dunn,
Joel Meadows,
N E Ladd,
E Bishop,
" " PBriglU,
Of coarse it's so, for who ever knew a lady
to
We are in receipt of a circular addressed
to the people of Freestone county, signed
by a number of its best citizens, calling
upon tbem to be up and doing like men,
oow that the "irrepressible conflict" is upon
us.
In this circular we find many truths,
and truth*, too of a kind that appeal di*
rectly to the hearts of Southern men. For
years many in the South, lured by the siren
song of " noádanger," have be«n going on
tbeir way, trusting to the tender mercies of
their Northern brethren, as tbey affection-
ately termed them, for the maintenance of
tbeir rights; while tbey, good easy souls,
have been sweetly sleeping in security,their
Northern brethren have been forming emi-
grant aid societies,for the two fold purpose
of ridding their section of the most dan
gerous element of society, carrying aboli-
tisin into territories at tbe point of the
bayonet, and assassinating Southern men
This institution—the Emigrant Aid Socie
ty—"has now grown formidable, ^vith its
thousands, even millions of dollars,invested
in powder, and lead, ábd rifles. The North
has not been sleeping, but all the time
" Wide-Awake." The very men whose
bread is bought with the profits of slave
labor, are now nightly preparing in their
to become experts in tfcé.jise of
Especial attention is calUd to tbe
advertisement of Dr. Carter. He keep*
on hand at all times a good assortment of
drags, yankee notions, stationery, Ac., and
invariably gives satisfaction to those deal
ing with him. He or bis right bower, Mr
Powers, will always be found at their poet
every town
from. On with ti e go 1 work.
fOT A large and enthusiastic mass
meeting was held in New Orleans on
Saturday evening, the 10th inst. the ob
jeet of which was to organize (he ''Minute
men of New Orleans." Prominent mer-
chante, bankers, physicians, lawyers,plan-
ters, men of Southern as well a* Nurtlitrn
birth: Whig.*, Democrats ami Know
Nothings, all met and reasoued together,
and the greatest enthusiasm and unanim-
ity prevailed. The speehea wxre spirited
and warmly applauded. The queMim.
sbali we submit to our em mi< s, or resist ?
r<s responded to in deafening shouts,
• Re ist ! resist ! to the dexth. A memo-
Jal to tl^C Governor *a-> d«a vn up, and
ign«d by sevtra!' hundred ptisans.
D M Story,
B DMcKie,
H G Roberts,
C Crownover,
John ^mith,
Samuel Higgins,
Jas. Croom,
T W Garner,
Robert Gregory,
J J Castles,
W F Woodward,
J A Foster,
J W Crabtree,
Asa Autry,
W P Morrison ,
William M Love,
J M Riggs, j,,
Thos. H I'atterson.Sen J ETankersley,
H. A. Webster,
B F Davis,
F í Smith ev,
H W Tate, "
T N Carter,
E W Burrow,
J. A. Oakes,
J. C Burow,
Tom Oakes
L W Trimble,
I W Love,
Jacob Wagner,
"W H Towers,
G. W. Foster,
George Wagner,
B Carraway,
John BJones,
Dan Donaldson,
Alex Miehael.
R C Armstrong,
W O Smith,
Jaeob Michael,
A J Brewster, .
H R Morrell,
G. A Burrow,
Thomas J Haynes,
D Weaver,
W F Henderson,
AJ Simpson,
John Gregory,
GW Smith,
R Smith,
J T Peck,
Thos Smith,
C K Walker,
M T Walker,
W A Smith,
Jas W iiniith,
J C Wells,
W M Wilkersan,
E B Riley,
W ij Holcombe,
J B Noble,
Wm CSmith,®
J M Smith,
D W Sherrill,
W L Simpson,
J G Bishop,
S H Story,
J E Smith,
C Fauty,
John P Anderson,
J S Walton,
J B Chappcll,
W B Ron,
John A Shelton,
J A Bailey, •* '
John B Harris,
Robert Johnson,
L Loggins,
J L Walton,
R S Tate,
Bob Lewis,
Jesse S Walton, Sr.
W Foster,
Jo Hiner,
'~~11 w t/arutiiurs,"—
Jesse T Beasly,
H A Dosier,
W D Talley,
James Talley,
J A Lawson,
Asa Howell,
H P Walker,
8 A Glass,
W A Pleasanfy
James H Carter,
R S Davidson,
Wm See ver,
Wm Roberts,
J Eliot,
A Lindsey.
Rob't M Stewart,
David Young,
"While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest siuner may return."
So may submissionists in the South who
wait for the " overt act."
" Overt act," indeed! Lincoln s election
is the "overt acC ! Think of it Southern
men ! Look to our sister, South Carolina,
and profit by her example.
MEETING IN DALLAS.
By an Extra from the Dallas Herald
office, we learn that a meeting of the citi-
zens of Dallas county was held at the-
Court House on last Saturday, the lVth
inst., at which the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted :
Whereas, We believe the inauguration of
the doctrines of the " Blaek Republican"
party—by placing the Federal Govern
meat under the control of a President
elected by that party—is a violation of
tbe Constitution of the Uuited States,
and destructive of the sacred rights of
toe people of Texas, and the other slave-
holding States;
And Whereas, It is both rightand proper
that the State of Texas—in the exea i j«
of her sovereignty as one of the States of
this Confederacy—should, through her i
legislature, enter ber most solemn protest
against the placing in power of any Ad-
ministration pledged to the doctrines of
the Black Republican párty ; therefore
be it
Resolved, That his Excellency, Governor
Houston be, and he is hereby most respect-
fully asked to convene the State Legisla-
ture, that the Representatives of the peo-
ple may indicate what course Texas should
pursue, in relation to the result of the late
Presidential election.
Resolved, 3d, That the people of Texas
cannot, without shame, dishonor and dis-
grace, submit to the inauguration of any Ad-
ministration pledged to carry out the doc-
trines of the Black Republican party as set
forth in the Platform upon which Lincoln
was nominated for the Presidency.
Resolved, 3d, That rather than tolerate
an Administration of the Federal Govern-
ment upon the principles-of the Black
Republican party, we decidedly prefer that
Texas should withdraw from the Union,
and take ber place among the free and
independent Nations of the earth.
It is perfect folly for our citizens to re-
quest Gov. Houston to convene the Legis-
lature, for we are informed by reliable
gentlemen just from Austin, that be says,
"if every man, woman and child in tbe
State were to request bim on their knees,
to do so, he would not!" If our citizeus
intend to take action in the matter they
must do so in the form of a Convention,
and the sooner they move the better.
For the Navarrd Express.
BELL COUNTY IN LINE.
An immense meeting took place in Bel-
' ton on ttl£ TTttr dr Mureiiib^r-,
the ciisis now upon '.he country.
tion of negro slavery will be forced upon
the South within a few years, bringing
ruin and degradation upon the white peo-
ple ot the fifteen Southern States, forcing
them down to a level with these four or five
thousand of emancipated slaves.
Resolved, That we believe the only
practical means of averting thess and other
evils too dark and honible to contemplate,
is for the people of the ¡Southern States,
through t'ieir Legislatures or Conventions,
to meet and determine what may be neces-
sary to secure our rights, and guard against
these dangers in future; and that the sepa-
rate States of the South should, by their
Legislatures or Conventions, send able, ex-
perienced and firm men to meet in confer-
ence—lay down fair and plain propositions
to tbe Northern States to secure our rights,
and give those States a fair opportunity to
say whether they will do us Justice and
treat us as Equals in future.
Resolved, Therefore, that we respectfully,
earnestly and solemnly request his Excellen-
cy, the Governor of this State, either to call
the Legislature together, or order the elec-
tion of a Convention, that the voice of the
sovereign people of Texas may be heard in
this crisis; and by that voice so expressed,
we shall abide.
Resolved, That we * believe immediate
military organizations should be formed and
equipped throughout Texas, for any emer-
gency that may arise; and that we will do
all in our power, individually and collect-
ively, to aid and encourage such organiza-
tions, and hereby call upou the young men
of the land to rally under the call oí the
country.
Resolved, That the officers of this meet-
ing be requested and instructed to transmit
a copy of these resloutions to the Governor
of the State, and that tbe Belton all other
paf 6' sfavorable to the rights and i'nerties of
this State, be requested to publish the same.
A Speck of War-
The following paragraphs, which look
rather squally, are taken from the Wash
ingtftn despatches to the New York papera
Intel'-igeace flows in on allsides, of fear-
ful excitement in the Southern State* on
the imminent prospsct of Lincoln's election.
The insubordination of tbe negroes, which
U. rapidly on the increase, fans the flame.
A gentleman who arrived here from the
<South states that minute men and Com-
mittees of Safety are organizing all over
the South. In Virginia tbey are enrolling
men all over the State, and the regular
volunteers drill daily. The four., batteries
of rifled cannon, twenty pieces lately or
dered by Col. Smith, will arrive in Rich
mond next week, with five thousand revolv-
ing pistols and twenty-five hundred car
bines. Eight hundred barrels of powder
have already gone on. There is no exag-
geration in all this. Gov. Letcher openly
declares that its object is to sustain any
sovereign State against Federal coercion.
Letters from Georgia say all parties are
united for secession on Liocoln's election.
No doubt is entertained bere that in less
than sixty davs, several of the Southern
States will haW-ffSsSif^lHSTW
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Important Stum Georgia,
LATER FROM WASHINGTON AND
NEW YORK 1
John T. Flint, a Northern born man,
and a Bell man, President, with Col. E*
S. C. Robertson and others as Vice Presi -
dents, without distinction of party.
VV-m. II. Parsons and Judge Davis, (a
Bell man) of Waco, Roger Q. Mills, of
Navarro, (happening there by mere acci-
! dent) and Capt. John Aenry Brown, of
with the Government.
Several influential Union men from thé
South and South-west are knojrn to bare
held prolonged private conferences with
the Republican leaders here amongst whom
was Senator King, of your State. It is
whispered that one result of those confer-
ences was the conclusion to press upon
Lincoln tbe propriety and expediency of
offering, so soon as it is ascertained that
J M Eliot,
Geo. W White,
J W Douthitt,
A M Byers,
Virgil L Woods,
AJ York,
Rob't L Woods,
J S York,
H. H. Moiloy,
L, L. Bartlett,
G. W. Pitts,
R G York,
Wm W Fread,
R E Morgan,
Wm Tankersley,
Jas. Salter,
J C Trimble,
Aaron Roberts, Jun.
U W Andrews.
R. SheB-od,
R. N. Baird,
B. J. Chambers,
„ , , ,• • „ ■, his election is a fixed fact, the post ol Sec-
Belton, .D.Je oul st.mng speeches, ^ of w>f t0 GMerill ^ £olulon| of
rapturous applause. Such a scene was j Xexag>. No man is more bitterly hated and
perhaps never witnessed in Ta xas. Tears | feared by the ultra fire-eaters of the South,
flowed from the eyes of men arid women ' thau is the hero of San Jacinto, and no
in all parts of the assembly. There were 0,10 po * ses more fully the confidence of
, i • .ir it j the old Jackson Union men. Little doubt
old Texians wuh their cheeks furrowed by „ ent8rUitlaa 0f LinM,0.„ m,t¡0|. lte
20, 25, 30, and 35 years in the State—as
were Capt. Kuykendall, one of the vice
offer.
The recently expressed sympathy of Sec
the pike and musket, for slaughtering tbe
families of their friends and Southern
brethren.
A party, the only avowed end itnd aim
of which is the extinction of African
slavery, the leaders of which have declared
from the pulpit, hustings, and in the balls
of legislation,'' that this government can
cotenduie permanently half slave and half
' The Lone Star flag is waving in hut must le either all «lave or all
;own.in the State we have beardTfree " has just elected a President that
avows " he needs but one short adminis-
tration to wipe slavery out of existence."
Mvu of the South! will you wait till the
se ried hosts of Abolitionism are in sight,
before you prepare to defend your property
and home* ? or will you wait for the overt
act till the purity of the springs through-
out the land have been polluted witbNorth-
i-ru pcibon, and your homes are in ashes,'
Í burn«d by Abolitiou incendiaries ? I; is
for you to decide !
A. D. Witherspoon, W* A. Langham,
F. Alborn,- C. W. Daves,
W. J. Richardson, L. C. Lockhart,
Geo. W, Richardson,
GLORIOUS OLD SOUTH CAR0
LINA.
First, ns in days of yore, the gallant
people of South Carolina, have sounded
the bugle note of resistance and defiance,
are moving in earnest and determined as
men and patriots to resist to the death tbe
proud carpers of their rights—the irre-
pressible conflict men of the North—as so
sooner was it known that Lincoln was
elected, than with one voice, one mind and
one heart, united and defiant, her chival-
rous people resolved on tbeir action-rto
withdraw from the Union and fall back
on her original sovereignty. Decision,
courage, chivalry, gallantry, and pluck are
the characteristics of the citizens of the
Palmetto S'ate, at home and elsewhere.
.All she has already done we fully expect
presidents, Mr. James Clark, a father in the ; retary Cobb with the proposed action of
Baptist church, 72 years old, and 36 years ; the secessionists, so strongly in contrast
rp r i i- • QK • T. ¡ with his former Union sentiments, causes
m Texas: John lveggins, 35 years in Jexas ... '^
' 6i ' J : the greatest uneasmeis. •
and 60 on. ¡ Should Lincoln be elected, it is now
The unexpected appearance of Roger Q.! positively asserted that Secretaries Cobb
Mills, as he was led to tbe stand and id- ¡and Thompson will resign, and re'ire to
troduced bp Capt. Brown, created tbe
New York, Oc.t. 16th.—The Werld'a
telegraphic correspondent at Charleston,
in a dispatch dated the 15th, says South
Carolina, under no circumstances, will re-
treat from her present position that
she is virtually out of the Union.
The Uuited States flag is not recognised
in any part of the State. It is said that
the Senator who lately resigned bis seat
in thQ United States Senate from South
Carolina, will act as presiding officer over
the convention cf the people. Tbe same
correspondent adds that the city of Balti-
more offers Gov. Gut one thousand, and
the State of New Jersey five hundred meo.
The applications for military appointmenta.
are numerous. fi
Washington, Nov. 1.—A letter from *
strong cotton bouse in Charleston, cayc
that there is no unanimity for seceacion,
on the contrary, that business men, arti-
zan , merchants and álf professional classes
are against it.
New York,Nov. 16.—A special dispatch
to the New York Herald describes an en-
thusiastic secession meeting in Charleston
last n;ght, welcoming the Charleston dele-
gation.-
Macon Ga., 16th—In the Senate a bill
was passed providing for an appropriation
of $100.000l'or the defence of the State. Tbe
joint committee for the state of the Re-
public, have unanimously agreed to report
a bill recommending resistance.
It is understood that Gov. Brown,Mesera
A. H. Stephens, H. V. Johnson and other
leading men will eudorse the bill, it is ex-
pected to pass unanimously, the immedi-
ate secession men being in large nur""'1"
Milledgeville, Nov. 10. — Hon.
Stephens delived a long speech
demanding Of the State* wh"
the fugitive slave law, to repeal their acta;
if refused, the South could go out of the
Union with clean bands.
Savannah, Nov. 16. -—.The secession
feeling is so strong in Savannah, that it is
difficult to prevent tbe populace from
seizing Fort Pulaski.
Mr. Jackson, addressed an immenaes
meeting last nigbt, in favor of the iuune- .
diate secession of the slavébolding States
from the Union.
Baltimore, Nov. 16-—Tbe tone of tho
Northern Republican journals is decidedly
softening. The Baltimore ba iks are abui¡«
dantly supplied with specie, and no further •
run on any of iheuaf is, anticipated; busi-
ness, however, u greatly depressed.
The secession of South Carolina is now
considered, both here and at Washington,
to be inevitable.
Washington. Nov. 16.—Tt is believed
here that th« Virginia Legislature will rs-
commend convention of all the souther*,
slates, and a delay of secession for the
present.
Montgomery, Nev. 16.—Gov. Moorjt
wijWhorUy issue bis proclamation. call,~-
a in
on the Oih'prox., for the purpose oí u
the people to prepare tor secession.
Milledgeville, Npv. 16.—A bill wá*
introduced to day, for suspending the col-
lection of debts until tbe year 1861—laid'
over.
A resolution was introduced, which will
pass, autherizing the Gevernor to employ
the military of Georgia against Federal
coercion.
Columbia, S. C. Nov. 16.—Six hundred
minute men accompanied by the fire and
military departments paraded the atreets
of this city last night.
Washington, Nov. 16.—The resignation
of Senator Hammond of South Carolina
is immediate.
A letter has been received directing bis
personal effects to ba sent on borne to
South Carolina. A special message by the
President appears to be abandoned ia
consequeuce of tbe early meeting of Con
arreas.
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jar We see by thy last Telegraph that
the blue cocka<i«* is now worn by numbers
in Houston. It coiiMsts of a neat blue
r«>H ;te pinned to the hat, nith a five point
i!v«r star m lu« ce<iler.
liveliest demonstration, when Capt. B.,
waving his bat in the air, "cried with a
loud voice," "Men of Bell, Roger Q. Mills
is a noble son of Texas—'et us give him
three cheers." The whole audience arose
to their feet and, as one man, sent forth
three such yells as made tbe noble edifice
tremble. There stood Mills, noble, erect;
surprised but not embarrassed, his manly
couatenance rrdiated with the glow cf
fervid patriotism—and nobly did be merit
those huzzas, for nobly did he pour forth
the outburnings of a true heart.
Tbe resolutions were read and the vote
was distinctly taken by rising and sitting,
and every man present arose to his feet to
say that be was for tbem. Tbey are as
follows:
Whereas, We, the people of Bell coun-
ed, and all that she says she will do in tbe j ty, without distinction of party, having
future of the "impending crisis," we believe j ¡«arDed thfl Linl(iolD' commonly
i • u-i-i i n, j j l 1 known as the Black Republican, or Abolí-
as we do Ibour b.ble ! God .peed breve (¡0D c,„d¡jttói ba, been elected Present
old South Carolina, and ber patriotic sons
and daughters! She will not be alone in
the threatened conflict. Texas sends her
greetings, and promises to be with her in
J due time. Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia,
and Florida will also be ready at ber call.
Her destiny is the destiny of the Southern
States, in or out of the Union. Will not
every true, brave son of tbe South say so,
and stand by ber in her hour of need !
The cowardly, craven-hearted eubmissionist
(of whom there are but few) will not do
¡ so we know, but
of tbe United States, have met in primary
mass meeting to consult upon the moment-
ous dangers now brought upon tbe State
Of Texas, and all tbe slaveholdiog States
by said election, now, therefore,
Resolved, That we solemnly believe tbe
inauguration of Lincoln and tbe consequent
possession and control of the Federal Gov
ernment tby tbe Abolilion party, will be
dangerous to tbe institutions and liberties
of this State and the whole South ; that
without decisive, wise and prompt action
on tbe part of tbe South, to restrain ag-
gression and secure in future our equal and
peaceable rights, the indiscriminate aboL-
1 Georgia and Mississippi, to assist in the
preparations for secession.
Apropos of this disunon movement there
is already considerable rivalry springing up
among the friends respectively of Jeff Da-
vis, Toombs and Wise as to the superior
fitness of these gentleman for the military
leadership of the Southern forces.
J&3T A bill calling a State Convention
to meet on the 17th of December, has
passed both Houses of tbe South Carolina
Legislature. Senator Chestnut has re<
signed his seat in tbe United States Senate.
The flag of secession—a red star on white
ground—is waving from all pub ic places
The greatest joy and enthusiasm prevails.
Hon J. E. Harrison. — It is with
pleasure we announce to our readers that
Hon. James E. Harrison, of Waco, will
be with ns on «Saturday, and address ti e
severeigns. Mr; Harrison is well known
to many of our county, as an eloqent ad-
vocate and able defender of southern rights.
His speech at the Galveston Convention
would alone, if nothing else, entitle bim
to tbe love, respect and confidence of every
southern man, and especially of all bis
brother Texians.
A good instance of the tone of
public feeling in the &outh is given by tbe
New Orleans papers: A small shop keeper
on Exchange place bad among 6ome of
bis campaign medals, a few of Lincoln's
portraits, and made a narrow-escape from
lynching.
We learn that the ladies of our
town, being determined not to be behind
tbeir sisters of tbe other*parts <£our State^
are making a handsome Lone «Star flag
to present to the young men of our coun-
ty to-morrow. With such encouragmeot*
our young men are too chivalrous to aUow
the banner wrought by the fair banda of
Navarro's daughters ever to be contami-
nated bv'the touch, not only of the ono*
my abroad, but of him at borne who will
not fight for his rights. Tbe age cf chiv-
alry, it is said, lias passed away, but w*
feel convinced tbe spirit has not.
■ . ■■ m i ii —■«i i ■
J3ST They bad a magnificent torch light
procession at IJuntnville cn tbe evening
after tbe barbecue, tbe 3rd inst Amoog
tbe mottoes on tbe transparencies, were the
following :
" We bad rather be. tbe widow of
&tate Rights patriots than tbe wivea of
submissiouistf."
" Wm. L. Yancy, tbe Patrick Henry ef
1860."
"Give us independence from Yankee op-
pression, or give us bayonets."
■. -
jfcy At Waco tbey witl organize two
corps, a Jight infantry with artillery drill,
and a cavalry company.
At Bosqueville a light infantry company
is organizing.
t3T The Lone Star flag baa been hots.
ed in Brenham.
If you would rise in the worid, don't
spend your time in kicking at every eur
who barks at you. +J?- -
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Modrall, N. P., Rev. & Van Horn, R. A. The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1860, newspaper, November 23, 1860; Corsicana, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179272/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.